Quote by Anatole France
It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion. -

It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion. – Anatole France

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There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant. – Anatole France

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To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream not only plan, but also believe. – Anatole France

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I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature. – Paul Cezanne

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For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all. – Aristotle

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The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself and can never be erased. – Alexander Hamilton

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To understand the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to understand the nature of the prince, one must be of the people. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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